"Coshnear is a master chronicler of the quotidian life and his writing perfectly captures the magic, loss, regret and joy that rises through the cracks of our daily responsibilities and reveals that life, thank god, is actually worth living." —Alex Green, Stereo Embers MagazineSEPARATION ANXIETY is a stunning short story collection that shows how pervasive the disorder can be in everyday lives. In eighteen stories, Coshnear paints separation anxiety as an engine of change while being careful to tend to the delicateness of the disorder's consequences. Readers become intimately acquainted with the captain of a SWAT (team), a mental health case worker who falls deeply in love, an elderly man who is driven to rage when his wife is buried in the wrong hole, and many more.
